5 Critical Trends For The Data Professional of the Future
It is more important than ever before to be constantly learning and adapting. Gone are the days when you could show up at work and fulfill the same role for twenty years.
MSSQL
SQL 2012 Books Available For Pre-order
There is no question in my mind right now that the SQL Server 2012 book I am most looking forward to having on my bookshelf is the Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting by Christian Bolton (blog | @christianbolton) et al. I enjoyed Christians first book (Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting) as well, and … Read more
Microsoft Launches SQL 2012 – It Ain’t Nothing But A House Party
What if you threw a house party and nobody came? You’d feel pretty sad, I’m sure. OK, what if you threw a house party for 20 people except those 20 people told all their friends about the party and 45 people showed up causing your neighbors to call the cops and shut the party down … Read more
SQL Server Migration Assistant: Getting Started
Years ago I was involved in migrating some databases from Sybase ASE to Microsoft SQL Server. The process was a manual one. We had to BCP out the data from ASE into flat files, we had to parse the stored procedures for what would be obvious syntax errors in Microsoft SQL Server, we had to track … Read more
SQL 2012 Books Available Soon
Looking for a good book on SQL 2012? Only a handful are available right now, you can see a list of books available for pre-order over at Amazon. No, you won’t find my name as an author to any of them. I’ve been asked to write a chapter or two a few times but nothing … Read more
Top 3 Things You Should Learn In SQL 2012
I know three areas of SQL 2012 that have bright future, and learning these three will serve you well for years to come. I am at the MVP Summit this week and I am soaking up as much information about these three items as I possibly can. 2012 is a release year. That means it … Read more
